Companies laying off staff this year include Meta, Amazon, and Dropbox — see the list

Key points

• Amazon expanded its 2026 layoffs to roughly 16,000 corporate roles globally after a 2025 round that totaled 14,000, with further reductions in its Selling Partner Services team as part of organizational reshaping.
• Meta announced a layoff of about 10,000 employees in March as part of a broader restructuring to flatten the organization and remove management layers, following an earlier November 2025 round of 11,000 cuts.
• American Express disclosed plans to cut around 5% of its workforce during a restructuring, a move tied to AI-driven internal efficiency improvements; with 77,000 employees at the end of 2025, this could affect 3,000–4,000 staff.
• Walmart announced a 1,000-job reduction in April as part of a restructuring to streamline operations and boost efficiency within its corporate functions.
• Dropbox revealed a 500-employee layoff in May, focusing on sales and marketing to realign toward core products and services.
• Block cut about 1,000 roles in February, while Coinbase announced 1,500 jobs being eliminated in March, and Standard Chartered reduced headcount by 2,000 in April, all as part of broader restructuring and efficiency efforts.
• The shifts reflect a persistent trend of large employers adjusting workforces in response to market conditions and the growing impact of AI on operations, with broader implications for job stability and corporate strategy moving forward.